As micro housing has gained popularity in the last several years, a number of similarly titled articles have been published. The general wording is, ?Could You Live in Only ___ [200, 300, 400] Square Feet "? Inherent in this question is a world of assumptions about what is normal and livable. In the US, what is normal and livable is, for the most part, huge. The average new single family home in 2014 was north of 2600 sq ft. So when homes fall significantly short of normal people seem to think it poses an existential threat: ?could you LIVE"?

One of our favorite bloggers Johnny Sanphillippo recently visited a ?normal? home in New Dehli, India. He approximates it was around 200 sq ft, shared by a family of four. No, the children were not newborns. They look like teenagers. The space consisted of two rooms–a kitchen and a bed-living-dining room. The toilet, sink and bathing areas were in an exterior courtyard and shared with neighbors.
What allows this family to share such a tiny space" Transforming furniture" Nope, not unless you consider a bed that doubles as a table transforming. Sophisticated tech and design" Not unless you count a TV and a place to put your shoes outside the house as sophisticated.
There is one big thing that makes this tiny place work. It?s something Americans accumulate with profound alacrity and prevents them from living in more modest spaces. It?s the one thing, that if discarded, can make the smallest of dwellings ...